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YOU KNOW SOME LOVELY PEOPLE YOU MEET FROM DAY TO DAY
NOT LIKE MAC CHAT BUDDIES I REALLY HAVE TO SAY
WE HAVE BEEN THERE FOR EACH OTHER RIGHT FROM THE VERY START
EVEN WHEN AT TIMES WE HAVE HAD A BROKEN HEART
THE ROOM WHERE WE ARE CHATTERS IS SUPPORTIVE IN ITS WAY
BUT SOMETIMES ITS DISCUSSIONS ABOUT THE STRESSES OF THE DAY
THE ODD SARCASTIC COMMENT AND THE THE JOKES DONT GO A MISS
AFTER ALL ITS REALLY HARD WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH THIS
SO TO ALL MY MAC CHAT BUDDIES I WOULD LIKE TO SAY
YOU ARE...
I LOOK OUT THROUGH THE WINDOW AND SEE A GLOOMY SKY
AS I DRAW THE CURTAINS I OFTEN WONDER WHY
DO I GET RIGHT UP AND MAKE A BUSY START
OR CLIMB BACK IN THE DUVET COZ I JUST DONT HAVE THE HEART
IM FEELING LOST AND SAD AND THE WEATHER DONT HELP MY MOOD
AS GRUMPY AS A LION AND I DONT WANT TO INTRUDE
THE HAPPINESS I FELT AS THE SUN ONCE SONE SO BRIGHT
IS JUST A DISTANT MEMORY OH WHY IS GOD SO TIGHT
PLEASE JUST SEND US SUNSHINE TO BRIGHTEN UP OUR DAY
TO MAKE OUR PROBLEMS FEEL THEY COULD BE MILES...
I had noticed increased frequency of defecation from early in April 2012. But what finally drove me to see my GP was the sight of a little bit of blood after I went to the toilet. So I saw my GP on 11th May and had a finger up my bum. He didn’t say anything about a lump at the time – only mentioned that my prostate was enlarged. I was referred to the colorectal team at Kingston hospital as he said this was the standard procedure with patients who had had a change in toilet habits...
mum if you were here you'd show me the right way
you'd tell me how to feel and what things i should say
you'd help me through the tough times when things were turning sour
you'd always be right her beside me in my darkest hour
people say they love you and this you cant be sure
until they show the meaning of the word is oh so deep and pure
you open up your heart when you think its due
just to be dissapointed when they decide that its untrue
you love with all your heart until...
Where do I begin?
My lovely man finally found his rest and truly deserved peace. And I don't know how I will ever make sense of all this, or if I will ever begin to forget the awful awful nights.
I never saw it coming, though I 'knew.' He waited till I'd left the room. Death is never how you expect and I have seen a few deaths now. As someone said today, Well, you are an orphan and a widow in the space of a year.
I cannot begin to comprehend the aggression of my loved one's cancer...
Since there was no support group for women with secondary disease when I was diagnosed seven years ago, I started a blog to chart the ups and downs of it all. . It won an Arts Council Award in 2009,
You can read it at www.topicofcancer.com Please visit it and share your experiences: - mine have been bad and good, the good probably outdoing the bad in the long term. There have been funny times (Mr Daz the Gynaecologist) and anguished times: My daughter was ten when I was first diagnosed, and since...
Have you been told to think about coming off Herceptin after long term use? If so, how do you feel about it? I've just posted my feelings on my blog at
www.topicofcancer.blogspot.com (post title 'Uncertainty`)
I'm in a real tizzy about it - stuck on the horns of a dilemma!
ERCP people are hounding mum. She got a phone call and two letters now, as well as contacting both my sister and I and she, as predicted, has reacted badly.
She just can't be rocked at the moment, the slightest thing can undo her 'groove'. She feels safe at home with her telly and coffee and cigarettes and the carers. Her world is very small but manageable for her and she's happy - of sorts.
Yesterday I did my usual of dropping in the shopping...and copious amounts of cigarettes...
Pat has now plateaued. He had his Octreotide injection on the ward yesterday and was given Morphine beforehand at my request. I phoned this am and he had a comfortable night.
He is doubly incontinent, totally paralysed on the right side and cannot speak, but understands. He is not expected to improve further. Although his medical need has gone from not needing to be in hospital to now needing to due to increased pain levels,the long term planning has begun. I am told that although he has many needs...
